Methods and Topics in Arts Management

The Methods and Topics in Arts Management program is taught entirely in English. Its aim is to provide students with a strong international perspective on visual and performing arts management. The program focuses on the following areas:

Advanced courses in the field of Management of the Arts, aimed at transferring core competences to students, ranging from entrepreneurial capabilities to the application and use of digital technologies;

Field trips in the field of both visual and performing arts, to get direct and hands-on experiences of art systems and heir peculiarities;

Methodological courses to get robust and reliable lenses to read and interpret dynamics within cultural industries, Including the study of social network and networking;

Courses related to the area of design and urban studies, to provide students with a strong opportunity to connect artistic and managerial thinking and to promote a more inclusive view of the urban context;

Internship or cultural research study, where students can choose to do an internship in a cultural organization or to carry out a research project in a cultural company, under direct guidance of the professor.

Learning objectives

MaTAM’s learning objectives include:

providing students with advanced interpretative frames to read the dynamics of the art field at international level;

nurturing abilities to analyze and to intervene in the art field to advance it, in a process of mutual respect among art, creativity and management;

stimulating an entrepreneurial mindset in the fields of fine arts, design and management

Program Structure

Program Structure

First Year

Strategy in the arts or HR management in the arts industry

6 ECTS/CFU

Digital in the arts or Design thinking

6 ECTS/CFU

Accounting and fundraising in the arts

6 ECTS/CFU

Law and the arts

6 ECTS/CFU

Statistics of arts management

6 ECTS/CFU

Advanced economics and management of arts

12 ECTS/CFU

Advanced English in the cultural industry or Italian language (for international students)

6 ECTS/CFU

Second Year

Comparative cultural policy

6 ECTS/CFU

Social networks theory and analysis for the cultural sector

6 ECTS/CFU

Urban cultural studies

6 ECTS/CFU

Study tour in the visual and performing arts field

12 ECTS/CFU

Internship or cultural research study

6 ECTS/CFU

Elective courses

12 ECTS/CDU

Thesis

24 ECTS/CFU

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

Project management in art institutions and creative companies

Producer in art and creative companies

Fundraiser for cultural and creative projects

HR advisor for managing artistic and creative teams

Responsible of marketing and communication in the art and creative field

Program-specific entry requirements:

Eligible candidates need to hold an undergraduate degree obtained after a minimum of 3 years of study (180 ECTS), which satisfies the requirements for access to second-level academic studies in the awarding country. If candidates have undertaken less than 15 years of total schooling, they may not be eligible for admission to a Laurea Magistrale.

The degree has to be issued by a higher education institution which is regularly accredited or recognized in the awarding country.

The undergraduate degree must be obtained before 31 July 2018.

Università Cattolica will evaluate candidates' academic and personal background and decide if they meet the specific conditions for admission to the program

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